Submitted by Jim on 2009-06-01:
Question: What are your thoughts on the Roman Catholic Church?
Answer: The Roman Catholic Church represents at least one billion people today who believe (in many cases, I’m sure, sincerely) that they are Christians.
I am convinced that many Catholic people are born-again Christians that we will meet in heaven.
My concern, however, is this: If they are born-again Christians, it’s not because they have officially followed the guidelines of the Catholic Church. They are born-again Christians in spite of the system, the dogma, the indoctrination, the teaching,
the standards of the church which were established in the Council of Trent in the 16th century and confirmed in Vatican II in the 20th century.
No, Catholics today are being misled by false teaching, namely, that through doing various works and only through doing those works can they have their salvation confirmed. No Roman Catholic who is following the literal teachings of the church can have the assurance of salvation which the Bible guarantees to every born-again Christian.
We read in 1 John 5:13: "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God."
John 3:16 says: “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
Notice that is does not say that one might have, perhaps will have or possibly can have, but may have right now everlasting (eternal) life.
That is, to my mind, the tragedy of the official Roman Catholic system of teaching, whatever the individual case may be for one who belongs to, or claims to be, a Roman Catholic.

Submitted by Jim on 2009-06-01:
Question: Where in Scripture is it noted that Jesus rose from the dead on the third day?
Answer: See Matt. 16:21 and John 2:21 for some background.
All four gospels tell us the detailed story of how it was the first day of the week, which we today call Easter Sunday, when Jesus rose bodily in a glorified state from the realm of the dead, having finished the work for which He came into the world, namely to die for our sins.
He had cried out on the cross, “It is finished!” (John 19:30). That was Friday afternoon, and that night and all day Saturday and part of the third day, Sunday, He was in the realm of the physical dead.
Now this became a major platform for the Biblical message of salvation.
1 Cor. 15:3, 4 states: "For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures."
And so we see here clear statements by the Apostle Paul about what actually happened in historical events that intervened between Christ's death on the cross and His resurrection from the dead on the third day.

Submitted by Mike and Eve on 2009-06-01:
Question: We are interested in making a donation. Can you tell us how and where we could do that?
Answer: Whitcomb Ministries, Inc. can receive charitable donations.
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We will greatly appreciate donations which, we trust, will be used for the glory of God in the ministry of teaching, preaching and proclaiming the Word of God to the ends of the earth.
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Submitted by Pastor Colin on 2009-06-01:
Question: A pastor friend of mine was hooked on your "Bible and Miracles" video series. Where can I direct him for his own set and for the messages produced on DVD?
Answer: Please check the catalog section of our website for all the information on our videos and DVDs and how to order them.
(From this point forward, only DVDs will be produced; no more VHS tapes are being made.)
All of our DVDs are available through Whitcomb Ministries, Inc., 6147 Hythe Road, Indianapolis, IN 46220. Or you can phone us at (317) 849-2166 or e-mail us at jcwhitcomb@juno.com.
We would be glad to send you an order form listing all of our DVDs and CDs dealing with the Bible, science and, as this question refers to, miracles – divine, Biblical miracles, then and now.

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